Midwest Executive Aviation celebrated its fourth anniversary in February. The company opened its first FBO at Coventry Airport in 2002, which was followed by Newquay Cornwall Airport the year after, Durham Tees Valley Airport in 2004 and, most recently, its operating base at Birmingham International Airport, which opened last year.

"We are delighted with the company's development," com-mented ceo Nick Weston. "Creating four FBOs in as many years is testament to the dedication and hard work of our team. We have further plans of expansion within the UK and overseas and are currently considering a number of joint ventures and new FBO openings for 2006."

At Birmingham Airport, the company has established a joint venture agreement with British Airways to handle large chartered aircraft through Terminal Two. Regional manager Mike Greenway, who is responsible for operations in Birmingham, said he is very pleased with the first year's success.

"In the last year we have seen a large number of specially chartered aircraft using our services at Terminal Two and we have had visits from charter brokers to see what we can offer. We went on to open our own FBO facility on the western apron to handle business and private aircraft in April last year," he commented.

In 2006, Midwest Executive Aviation will relocate to a new purpose-built business aviation centre and ramp at Coventry Airport, as part of plans to establish Coventry Airport as a major location for business aviation.